Real Music People

Leona Lewis looked absolutely stunning when she attended the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin last week. The 24-year old singer, who also performed her new single ‘Happy’, also recently returned to the show that made her famous and also to be the said cause for the random unprovoked attack she suffered a couple of weeks back. Leona recently made an appearance on the X Factor’s results show this past weekend. Given the things she’s recently gone through, you can’t even tell that something went wrong in Leona’s life. She’s still as spectacular as ever. She shared the stage with the Black Eyed Peas.

To counteract Rihanna’s interview with Diane Sawyer, Chris Brown also took the time to tell his own side of the story with MTV’s Sway. During the interview, the R&B singer talks about the struggle to adapt to the public’s new perception of him and how fans might react towards him at his concerts. Chris goes on to talk about his on-going anger management therapy, court-mandated weekly group sessions and his community labor sentence. He says that all of those things helped him evaluate his past behavior and express his feelings in his new songs. It’s not like anyone’s going to watch and buy whatever he has to say.

The singer was at the MTV European Music Awards where she really scored big time in prizes. It seems Beyonce got the Best Song Award, the Best Video Award and the Best Female Singer Award. Well, nobody can doubt Beyonce’s artistic value now… it seems Robbie Williams missed out on a prize or two. You have to wonder though if the way Beyonce was dressed had anything to do with her wins. Apparently, she was wearing a red corset and suspenders. It should also be noted that the corset had a very generous cleavage… actually, it looked more like it was cut in two with a very sharp knife. Could that have influenced anything?

The All-American Rejects got busy in New York City this week starting off with a special performance of their hit single “Gives You Hell.”
They took the stage with house band Wale at MTV’s VMAs show where front man Tyson Ritter debuted a new glittery look. After rocking the proverbial house, Ritter caught up with MTV news
and confirmed the long standing rumor that he will in fact be teaming up with pop powerhouse Rihanna for a yet to be recorded track. With AAR’s stock rising by the day, it only made sense for the quartet to cap their week by ringing the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange
The All-American Rejects’ album When The World Comes Down featuring “Gives You Hell” and “I Wanna” is in stores now. For more information visit allamericanrejects.com

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There’s a new trailer that recently came out for the video of Rihanna, Kanye West and Jay-Z’s new song ‘Run This Town’. Jay-Z said “The song is about evolution and the progress. You start out as a new artist and you make your way into the game. You climb that mountain and you get to the top and you put your flag down. This is us putting our flag down. This is Roc Nation. Pledge your allegiance. You’ve got to put your flag at the top of the mountain and say we run this town.” The trio of singers and rappers will perform the song on NBC’s The Jay Leno Show on September 14. It’s also being said that they will also perform a day before the show at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.

The rapper had a nasty experience at the MTV Movie Awards last night when Sacha Baron Cohen descended from the roof of the Gibson Amphiteatre, dressed as his gay alter-ego Bruno, and grabbed Eminem’s head with his legs and said “Is the real Slim Shady about to stand up?” The rapper was supposedly very upset by the whole thing and stormed out of the ceremony. It seems that the real Slim Shady did stand up. Eminem is back to his old, obnoxious self! A bottle of champagne is required under such circumstances. No more hippy logic, no more anti-gun statements, now it’s on!

His latest video is the talk of the town wherein he has spared no celebrity be it Lindsay Lohan or others. Some have just loved the facts that Eminem has honored them by using their names in his lyrics while some other naturally feel a bit offended. Yet his video wherein he “mocks” at the rest of Hollywood is a fad now.

Eminem will also be performing live at this year’s MTV Movie Awards and this news comes just days after he released his latest video ‘We Made You’ on Relapse album.

Eminem’s “We Made You” was first only on MTV.com on April 7, 2009. Statistics show that the video is the biggest music video debut of all time on MTV.com where in excess of 758K streams in its first 24 hours. This is 15% more than the previous record.

I have just seen the video and I think it is great, you all should check it out for youself.

Just a couple of days ago Snoop Dogg made a sudden announcement that he has snapped ties with his record label Interscope Records and from that moment it was certain he had something big coming up or else he wouldn’t be foolish enough to go on without something substantial already in his bag.

The hip-hop artist has now signed a path breaking new deal with MTV which will see him launch a variety show and also release him next album. MTV has given him a multi-platform deal wherein Snoop Dogg will don the colours of being the face of an entertainment program titled Dogg After Dark. MTV will be responsible for his music career and will begin with distribution and promotions for his record Malice in Wonderland due for release at the end of 2009.

Certainly now there is no doubting this chap’s business acumen, he already has a reality TV show and now will have another one, he has moved with time and created his own opportunities albeit churning controversies to suit he requirements.

Rapper 50 Cent’s own reality TV show hosted by MTV called 50 Cent: The Money And The Power has been shelved by MTV after continuously receiving poor ratings.

This show is about rapper 50 Cents attempt to find the next hip-hop mogul from a group of fourteen wannabes, where the winner would be given prize money of $100,000. The sum will feature as an investment from 50 Cent and he will help the winner of the show to start their own business venture.

But from the time it debuted on TV on November 6th, 2008 the show completely failed to kick off and viewers weren’t forthcoming either and almost after one & half months after going on air the network has now decided to scrap the flailing show.

Yeah I somewhat agree with this, I too tried to get into it, mainly because it was aired on my B’Day, but it really didn’t stick. 50 did not leave anything to the others’ and as usual played the show as if he was some kinda mafia boss. 50, you’re not the really tough guy; you’re a snitch and poor dumb yoyo. You are a follower..didnt mommy teach you to be a leader?

In a move that is so unlike Kanye West, the rapper is reportedly going to add a line of Fatburger restaurants to his growing empire. According to MTV, the stylish artist is going to be opening 10 branches in his hometown of Chicago. Maybe there’s a lot of money to be made in the burger business. Or maybe it’s just one of his lame attempts at trying to keep it real. Why did he have to choose Fatburger though? In N Out is a far more superior chain. I would even accept it more if it was White Castle instead.

Jay Z has praised the rhyming skills of Kanye West.

Last month MTV bosses voted Chicago rapper Kanye top of a list of “Hottest MCs In The Game” and now New York man Jay has shown his love.

Jay, real-name Shawn Carter, told MTV: “He’s a complete package now, he’s working on his craft as an MC.” He explained: “In the beginning, his flow wasn’t as tight His flow was lacking in my opinion.”

Aside from his razor-sharp rhyming skills, Jay is keen to highlight West’s lyrical talent.

He said: “The hooks were incredible and the lyrics – he really takes a lot of pride in what he writes. That happiness is seeing his evolution from the first album to now.”

While they haven’t publicly announced that they’re dating, R&B royal couple Rihanna and Chris Brown threw matching peace signs while sitting in the audience at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards which was held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California on Sunday. Were they together on a date? Through the course of the show, Rihanna was seen affectionately touching her boy toy’s head. They are so cute! They should really just admit that they’re together already. If they’re already showing so many public displays of affection, I just don’t get why they still don’t want to admit to anything.

Ne-Yo has slammed RnB performers saying the genre has become “boring”. The Closer singer, real name Shaffer Chimere Smith claims today’s artists are too alike.

He told MTV: “RnB today is nowhere near where it used to be back in the day. Everyone’s on this copycat thing right now where all the music is beginning to sound alike and I don’t dig it.”

Ne-Yo also blames the use of the same producers making everyone sound the same.

He adds: “If you go to Timbaland for a song, then he is going to give you a Timbaland beat… No disrespect to Timbaland but if everyone eats at the same place then in a minute it’s going to get boring.”

Making the Band 4: Season 2 is about to take to the airwaves on Monday, January 28th at 10PM ET/PT on MTV. I’m confused. It’s number 4 but it’s season 2. Why isn’t it 5 or 6?

Anyway, Danity Kane, Donnie and the new band (Robert, Willie, Qwanell, Brian Andrews and Mike) will all be living under the same roof in the second season of the so-called reality show. they will all be albums under the Bad Boy record label at the same time. Diddy wants to see who will finish first. That’s a lot of work on his plate if you ask me.

It was a high-end yard sale for Ozzy Osbourne fans this weekend. They showed up in droves to place their bids on items such as a bat coat, skull sneakers, and many other items belonging to the famous Osbourne family.

The sale was run by Julien’s Auctions. Owner of the company, Darren Julien, told reporters that it was a mix of heavymetal fans and art lovers lining up to bid on the items. “For the most part, the metalheads were outbidding the art crowd.”

The items were sold from the Beverly Hills mansion that formerly belong to Ozzy and Sharon. For the most part, the items that were featured on MTV’s “The Osbournes” were in higher demand that other items. Among the items selling were a coat decorated with bats for $3300, sneakers with skulls on them for $2625, a pair of Ozzy’s sunglasses for $5250, and an oversided coffee mug that Ozzy often carried on the show for $1625.

Those who were interested in art looked for items such as a sculpture by Edouard Drouot, which sold for $10,500.

Julien predicted that the auction would bring in about $350,000. At the end of the sale, they made about $800,000. The family is donating the proceeds to the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

That’s one heck of a yard sale! I could sell the contents of my entire home and probably not make that kind of a bundle. Kudos to the Osbournes for donating the money to a worthy cause.

While Nelly Furtado won her own award and should get an award for being fabulous with her red carpet look, I can’t say the same for Avril Lavigne. Honestly, I would never say it even if she looked like Charlize Theron. She looked like a wannabe prom queen from the 80s.

The 23-year old ‘Girlfriend’ singer picked up the award for Most Addictive Track at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 in Munich, Germany on Thursday. Avril accepted the award and said “This is amazing. I’d like to thank the fans for voting for me.”

It’s not that they wanted to. It just so happens that the song is so annoying and was stuck in their heads during the whole voting process.

Amy Winehouse gave one of her usual bombed-out performances at the MTV Europe Music Awards. She was even booed off the stage when she could barely say the word “Thanks” after receiving her Artists’ Choice award. However, the new drug-free Pete Doherty says that Amy is on “the straight and narrow,” Holy crap…I was going on and on about how freaking ugly she is (all the time when I see her pics on the internet and music news sites)…then I got a look at her husbands teeth! Sweet mother of Jesus! Can you imagine kissing that thing! It looks like he’s never brushed a day in his life. Bet it smell reals nice, jack! He wouldn’t be a bad looking guy though if he wasn’t so messed up on drugs and hadn’t messed up his body. Yipes; these 2 are obviously not good for each other. I bet there’s some serious mental & emotional abuse going on, in addition to the drug abuse. Hope she gets out of that situation alive.

50 Cent has picked a new feud with rap rival Lil’ Wayne – just because the Louisiana hitmaker is a terrible songwriter. The tough-talking rapper lost out to Wayne – real name Dwayne Carter – in a recent MTV poll, which credited the Shooter singer as hip-hop’s most important name. When is this guy going to learn to behave at least if not always then at least sometimes, I hope he can manage to behave that much or am I asking for too much. First he lost to Kanye West in the battle of album releases and as a consequence he did not make his tour to Europe. Kanye is not too good either after saying that he is not going to attend MTV bashes after not received any awards at the MTV VMAs. Now 50 Cent is such a waste and a person without work that he can keep finding ways to get into some lame fight so that he is written about in the blogs. Once there should be someone who tells him on his face that he is all things that he tells other are.

Good have a mercy!!!

Chris Brown and Rihanna’s collaborative performance can easily be labeled as the best performance of the night from the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.

If Rihanna’s massive hit ‘Umbrella’ wasn’t enough to bring the house down, then maybe you would settle for Chris’ smooth dances moves. From dancing to his songs ‘Wall to Wall’ and ‘Kiss Kiss’ to an inspired homage to Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

When asked about what he thought of the performance, Justin Timberlake said “Nobody likes to be reminded that they’re getting older. And whatever Chris Brown just did reminded me of how I’m getting older – ’cause damn. It’s just exciting to see.”